Ziegfeld Follies (1945)


Ziegfeld Follies
7.2 Listal rating
6.6 IMDB rating
Directed by (View all)
Merrill Pye

Merrill Pye



Starring (View all)
Fred Astaire

Fred Astaire

Fred Astaire
Lucille Ball

Lucille Ball

Lucille Ball
Lucille Bremer

Lucille Bremer

Princess
Judy Garland

Judy Garland

The Star
Kathryn Grayson

Kathryn Grayson

Kathryn Grayson
Lena Horne

Lena Horne

Lena Horne ('Love')
Gene Kelly

Gene Kelly

Gentleman


Written by (View all)
David Freedman

David Freedman

Hugh Martin

Hugh Martin



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10 months, 1 week ago at Jul 17 12:14
1 vote
Among the dance numbers: "Here's To The Ladies" (Fred Astaire, Cyd Charisse, Lucille Ball with seductive chorus' girls) and "A Water Ballet" (Esther Williams' solo).

Ziegfeld Follies

2 months, 2 weeks ago at Mar 5 14:02
1 vote
In the end it’s a bit of a bloated mess, going beyond peaks and valleys and winding up as something far more schizophrenic. Ziegfeld Follies is consistently entertaining, and when it’s good it’s great, but the rough patches are half-formed segments which exist seemingly to just showcase more of MGM’s large wealth of talent. Thankfully the film is smart enough to be nothing more than a film... read more
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Description: The late, great impresario Florenz Ziegfeld looks down from heaven and ordains a new revue in his grand old style. ... (more)
Release date : 8 April 1946
Musical (8), Comedy (6), Dance (5), 1940s (5), 1946 (3), Hollywood (3), Music (3), Sketches (3), Astaire (2), 1945 (2), Usa (2), Light-hearted (2), Fred Astaire (1), (1), Technicolor (1), Sing (1), Feel Good (1), 1940's Musical (1), Esther Williams (1)
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Ziegfeld Follies

“In the end it’s a bit of a bloated mess, going beyond peaks and valleys and winding up as something far more schizophrenic. Ziegfeld Follies is consistently entertaining, and when it’s good it’s great, but the rough patches are half-formed segments which exist seemingly to just showcase more of MGM’s large wealth of talent. Thankfully the film is smart enough to be nothing more than a filmed revue and doesn’t bother with a plot.

Well, except for the introduction that has William Powell reprise his role as Ziegfeld in an opening segment glorifying his years as an entertainment maestro while he looks down from heaven. Ziegfeld takes a moment to mourn the loss of the type of entertainments that he trademarked in, and we’re then treated to a series of stop-motion recreati” read more

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